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Petr Mrazek had made a handful of big saves before giving up a goal to Andre Burakovsky in the last minute of the second period. Darren Helm had given the Wings a 1-0 on a shorthanded goal near the start of the period. Tatar had back-to-back goals in the third period.

Trevor Daley was called for tripping 1:08 into overtime and Alex Ovechkin scored the winning goal.

Here are major story lines from the game:

Third-period highlights: For a second straight game at home the Wings gave up a shorthanded goal. The Wings began the third period with 1:33 left on a power play but Jay Beagle got a hold of the puck and raced up the middle and beat Mrazek. Tatar scored for a second straight game, at 5:24. Dylan Larkin fired a shot that took a high bounce off Tatar’s stick to make it a 2-2 game. Luke Glendening had a breakaway near the midpoint but lost the puck before he could get off a shot. Tatar scored on the fifth power play when he tapped in a perfect pass from Henrik Zetterberg. Niklas Kronwall also assisted, in what was his 800th career game. The Wings faced a fourth penalty kill with 2:43 left in the regulation. Mrazek denied Ovechkin for a fifth time, on a slap shot. T.J. Oshie scored on a power play with 1:01 remaining in regulation.

Second-period breakdown: The Wings were 49.1 seconds from coming out of the period with a lead when Andre Burakovsky snuck a shot through from the top of the left circle. The Wings had just a had a couple of good shifts with really good offensive-zone time, too.

Helm shortie: At the start of this week, Helm put the puck in Tampa Bay’s net only to have what would have been his first goal of the season disallowed because of goaltender interference. There was no contesting the one he scored against the Capitals, as he stole the puck after intercepting an Ovechkin cross-ice pass and sped off, firing a rising shot from the top of the left circle to beat Braden Holtby during a Capitals power play at 4:31 of the second period.

First-period breakdown: The Wings had good energy to start for a third time this week, and again came away with nothing to show for it, even with five shots on net during four minutes of man-advantage time. Mrazek looked sharp, making a left-toe save on Evgeny Kuznetsov as a Capitals power play expired. The Wings had the edge in shots most of the period but ended up trailing, 14-13.

Gardenhire on hand: New Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire attended the game and was cheered by fans when he was shown being interviewed on the Jumbotron. It didn’t hurt he wore a Wings cap.

Contact Helene St. James: hstjames@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames.